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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1913.

1,124,298. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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WITNESSES: I l/VI/E/VTOR JohnJ. Caanej ATTORNEYS THE Noam: DFYFRS Co.FHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON D C.

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JOHN T. GOONEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SAFETY WINDOW COMPANY,OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 12, 1915.

Application filed December 26, 1913. Serial No. 808,743.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN J. CooNEY, a citizenof the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertalns to make and use the same.

This invention relates to windows, doors, etc., and with respect to itsmore specific features, to devices of the character referred to whichare adapted not only to sl de relatively to the opening they aredesigned to protect, but also to have movement in a direction away fromthe plane of the windowopening or door-opening, thereby involvingfeatures similar to those of a casement.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a simplearrangement whereby a sliding door or window may not only have itsnormal sliding movements in a plane generally parallel to the plane ofthe opening, but also movement at an angleto said plane.

Another object of the invention 1s the provision of a practical deviceof the character referred to and involving hinge elements through theinstrumentality of which the door or window may be moved at an angle tothe plane of the opening, the hinge elements being so constructed as tobe readily thrown out of normal operative position when not in use andinto operative position when it is intended to use the same.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a simple andpractical hinge element which may be readily applied to devices of thecharacter referred to in present use and which will present a sightlyappearance and may be concealed when not in use.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown one of various possibleembodiments of this invention, and wherein similar reference charactersrefer to similar parts throughout the several views,Figure 1 illustratesthe invention as applied to a window, the view being from the interiorof a room; Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective Viewshowing the hinge members in extended position ready for use; Fig. 4 isa section of a portion of Fig. 1, showing a set of hinge members inengagement with each other, and the sash in open position; Fig. 5 is asection on line w-ra of Fig. t;.and Fig. 6 is a detail view.

inasmuch as the invention is well exemplified when embodied in a window,the disclosure hereof will be made in connection with such anembodiment, it being under stood that the invention is equallyapplicable to other similar devices.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, there are shown windowelements, viz., a window-frame and sashes therefor, the numeral 1representing a win dew-frame, 2 the upper sash and 3 the lower sashtherefor. Said sashes are arranged to have the usual sliding movement inthe win dow-frame in planes relatively parallel to that of the openingcovered thereby. Inasmuch as the sashes 2 and 3 are, by the provisionsof the present invention, designed to be movable also in planes at anangle to their normal sliding planes, and specifically to be hinged atone side so as to swing away from the plane of the window-opening andinto the room or space associated therewith, it will be understood thatthe general construction of the window-frame is such as to permit theswinging movement referred to. As the general type of window referred tois known, it will be unnecessary to specifically describe the same, butis sufficient to refer to the patent dated November 23, 1909, No.941,310, wherein the type of window will be found. In the presentembodiment the sashes are designed to be swung on an aXis at theleft-hand side of the windowopening, and it will accordingly be understood that at the right-hand side the win dow-framing is provided with aremovable section, such as 4, which is designed to swing outwardly inorder that the sashes 2 and 3 may be swung outwardly on pivots or hingesat the left-hand side, as will be hereinafter described. The sashes areprovided with the usual cords and weights employed in windows of thecharacter referred to, the association of these elements with the sashesbeing similar tothat disclosed in the patent above mentioned. g r

The numeral 5 indicates one member of a hinge, in this case the pintleor pivot member, and the numeral 6 indicates a member adapted to,cobperate. with the pintle member, the same comprising an opening 7adapted to engage the'pintle 5. Inasmuch m as the hinge members aresubstantially the same construction throughout, except that one is themale member and the other the female member, the description of theseelements will be confined to that of the male 5 member except ashereinafter noted. The pintle5 forms an integral, upstanding poition ofa plunger 8 mounted to reciprocate and be guided a chamber 9. Thechamber 9 is of a tubular character having prefglo erably cylindricalinner and outer peripheral surfaces, the peripheral surface of a portionof the plunger 8 conforms in size and shape; to the, inner peripheraldimensions o'f the ehambei' so as to nicely fit there- T2 5 in,asdiscldsed." i The numeral 10 represents a resilient means, as aspring, disposed within said chamberand engaging the rearp ortion of cthe plunger, a recess 11' being provided in the plunger into which saidspring 10 extends. The rear end of the spring 10 abuts the end wall 12of the chamber, and when the plunger is free to move the spring 10 ywill urge the same outwardly or in .a direction to dispose the pintle 5in a position wherein it will coeperate with its coeperating member 6,in which position the pintle 5 and the, opening 7 will be disposed .inalinement with each other, in the present in- 40 stance in verticalalinement, the, sashes being intheir normal sliding planes] 13represents a face plate having holes .14: for attachment to a sash or tothe windowframe and provided with a non Circular 16- guide opening 15intersected by a slot 16, the M latter being of a height sufficient topermit the pintle 5 to pass therethro'ugh, the chamb er element 9 beingfixed to said plate. Are- H duced portion 18 of the plunger supports thei pintle 5 and is of such a shape as to conform with that of the opening15, and in this manner, in the present embodiment, the plunger 8 isprevented from rotating and thus the pintle 5 is preserved inverticalposition during its movements. The plate 13 lies over the opening in thetubular chamber and serves as a fiXed stop to limit the outer positionof the hinge member. s I g The upper portion of the wall 19 of thetulbular chamber 9 recessed, as at 20, in order to provide for thereception of the pintle 5, which in'the presentj embodi'ment is of sucha height as to require some space v at this point when'in its innerposition, V5 From the foregoing it will be perceived that the pintle orhinge member 5 may be readily pressed by the hand toward the chamber 9,being thus displaced relative to the axis of alinement with itscoeperative member, and that it will pass through the opening 16 in theplate 13, and provision is made for retaining the hinge members in theinner position just referred to, the preferred device comprising amovable abutment, stop or plate 21, preferably pivoted at 22 to the faceplate 13 and disposed so that, by turning the plate 21 upon its pivot, aportion thereof may be thrown across the opening in the face plate andpreferably opposite the end of the plunger portion 18, thus serv- 30 ingto retain the hinge member in its inner position. Preferably, also, theplate 21 is of such acharacter or shape as tocover and conceal theopening 15 and the slot 16. The plate 21 is relatively thin and theplunger Sis 5 provided with a locking element, or recess, 23, which,when the pintle 5 is in its outer position, will be disposed oppositetheplate 21 and the latter may then be thrown into position to engage saidrecess 23 and thus prevent or restrain inner movement of the hingemember. In this manner the pintle 5 is locked in outer alining position.

It will be understood that the femalev member 6 of the hinge is similarin construction and operation to the male member, except that the pintle5 is replaced by the hinge opening or bearing 7. A plate, 24 similar to21 will, itv is understood, be provided for the female hinge member anda locking notch similar to 23 may be provided therein, if desired.

In the present embodiment the windowframe is provided with four of themale hinge members, two for each sash, the members for the lower sashbeing applied to the inner face of the window-frame closely adjacent thelower sash and at a suitable distance apart within the verticaldimension of the lower sash. The inner bead 25 of the window-frame issimilarly provided with male hinge members and preferably these aredisposed at the lower portion of the window-frame so that the swingingof the upper-sash may occur at a position conven- 115 iently within thereach of the person manipulating the same. Each of the window sashes islikewise provided with two female hinge members, as described, the samebeing disposed on the faces of the sashes and at a 12 proper distanceapart to simultaneously cooperate with the male members, respectively.

In operation, and supposing it is desired to swing the sashes outwardlyfrom the win- 7 dow-opening, the plates 21, 24, are thrown 125 up,whereupon the several hinge elements will be projected bytheirrespective springs 10. cobperativehinge members will then beiaa1inementand,u on lowering the lower sash the female members willengage the 13 male members and, after turning out the frame portion 4,this sash may be swung at an angle to the sliding planes of the windows,under ordinary normal conditions. The sash weight on the right-hand sidewill be locked against falling by the automatic catch 26 as the sash isswung outwardly from the window-frame, as provided in the patentreferred to. A portion of the inner bead 27 at the lower portion of thewindowframe is also made bodily removable, as indicated at 28, Fig. 1,and the upper sash may be swung into the room on the hinge membersprovided therefor, as described, said lower bead portion having beenremoved. In this manner the entire area of the window-opening may bethrown open and the air may pass freely therethrough. The sashes willhave been swung inwardly into the room into convenient position forrepair, washing, etc. Thus, by the above described construction, areaccomplished, among others, the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this inven tion could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It isalso to be understood that the language used in the following claims isintended to cover all of the generic and specific features of theinvention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, a windowelement comprising a chamber, a face plate comprising an integralrelatively fixed stop opposite saidchamber and having a guide openingopposite said chamber, a rectilinearly reciprocable plunger in saidchamber adapted to contact said stop and having a hinge member adaptedto enter said opening, a spring in said chamber adapted to urge saidhinge member outwardly of said chamber and said plunger into contactwith said stop, thereby limiting the outward movement of said hingemember, said spring being arranged to permit said hinge member to bemoved to within said chamber against the resistance of said spring, anda plate pivotally connected to said window element and adapted to bemoved over said guide opening to conceal said opening and preventoutward movement of said hinge memger when the latter is disposed insaid cham- 2. In an apparatus of the character described, incombination, a window element comprising a chamber, a face platecomprising a relatively fixed stop opposite said chamber, and having anopening opposite said chamber, a rectilinearly reciprocable plunger insaid chamber adapted to contact said stop and having a hinge memberadapted to enter said opening, a spring in said chamber adapted to urgesaid member outwardly, and said plunger into contact with said stop,thereby limiting the outward movement of said member, said spring beingarranged to permit said member to be moved into said chamber against theresistance of said spring, and a pivoted abutment adapted to be movedinto and out of position opposite said opening.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, a platehaving a non-circular opening, a tubular chamber secured to said plateopposite said opening and having an end wall, the peripheral wall ofsaid chamber having a recess communicating with the opening in saidplate, a plunger adapted to reciprocate in said chamber and having areduced portion provided with a pintle adapted to enter the opening insaid plate, said pintle being adapted to move in line with said recess,a spring in said chamber adapted to urge said plunger outwardly, and apivoted abutment adapted to be moved into and out of position oppositesaid opening.

In testimony whereof I ahix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN J. COONEY.

Witnesses:

A. M. J oHNsToN, EDW. F. SWEENEY.

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Washington, D. 0.

